[DeTomaso] Screen above front of engine

[Mike Drew]

I have an intake that is taller than stock but my K&N filter still fits thanks to using a dropped base. You can buy bases with different levels of drop. Remember that the limit is caused by the lid of the air cleaner and the top of the carb. If you have a two inch filter and a base with a two inch drop, the lid would sit hard on the carb mouth and the engine wouldn't run. You need at least a half or three quarters of an inch for airflow but of course more is always better. 

My distributor just touches the underside of the screen. It would wear through the plug wire boot and cause a short and subsequent engine miss. I fixed it easily by gluing a big piece of bike innertube to the underside of the screen where it touched, and fitting a new plug wire boot. 

Mike

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On Aug 28, 2013, at 9:22, rick mcclure <rickrows at hotmail.com> wrote:

> My distributor and very nice Pantera air cleaner with the K&N air filter extend upward beyond the plane of the stock mesh motor cover.  Even using a short paper filter to eliminate the problem for the air cleaner, the distributor still hits the screen and creates problems since the motor shakes, rubbing the distributor cap against the screen.
> I like the K&N filter since it breathes much better than the shorter paper filter, it's reusable, and if it gets wet it's not the end of the filter. 
> 
> What solutions are there for this screen clearance problem?                         
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